suhteista

Suhteista is the elative plural form of the Finnish noun suhde, which means relationship, connection, or proportion. The base sense of suhde covers both interpersonal relationships and the relationship between quantities in mathematics or statistics. The elative plural ending -ista/-istä marks origin or a relational context, so suhteista can mean “from the relationships” or, in topical phrases, “about relationships.”

Usage and meaning: In everyday Finnish, suhteet and suhde are used for both social connections and for mathematical or logical relations. Suhteista appears in constructions that discuss relationships or that refer to quantities relative to others. For example, phrases such as suhteista puhuminen translate roughly to “talking about relationships.” The form is also common when a discussion centers on how relationships develop, change, or interact with data.

Etymology and usage notes: Suhde is a native Finnish word with long-established use in various domains, including sociology, psychology, and everyday speech. Suhteita and suhteen forms are standard inflections for different grammatical cases and numbers; suhteista is specifically the elative plural form. The term is versatile enough to cover personal relationships as well as abstract relations or ratios.

See also: The related words suhde (singular), suhteet (plural nominative), suhteellisuus (relativity), and suhde- related terms used across social sciences and mathematics. The concept of relation is widespread in Finnish and often appears in academic, statistical, and conversational contexts.